Key: G major
Verse 1
G
C
In Mount Joy Jail,
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C
one Monday morning,
C
G
for the cause of liberty.
C
G
C
Just a lad of eighteen summers,
G
Dm
sure that no one can deny.
G
Dm
As he marched to death that morning,
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C
he proudly held his head on high.
Just before he reached the hangman
In his dreary prison cell
Dm
D
G
Pretty soldiers tortured Fareed
All because he would not tell
Shoot me like a dying soldier,
do not hang me like a dog
D
G
For I fought for Ireland's freedom
on that cold September morn
sure that no one can deny
Dm
G
As he marched to death
that morning,
he proudly held his head on high
D
G
To his broken -hearted mother
Lads like Barry are no cowards,
Dm
G
Lads like Barry will free Ireland,
Dm
G
for her cause they'll fight and die
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